Brush principal testifies Snapchats weren't deleted from his phone – The Colorado Sun

The high school principal facing 12 years in prison after he investigated a tip that students were sexting testified in a Morgan County district court Friday about the unusual case that has split the Eastern Colorado community of Brush.  Bradley Bass, 32, said he’d followed his supervisors’ instructions and acted in accordance with school policies when he looked into a Safe2Tell tip about students sharing explicit images in April. Fearing the teens could log onto the Snapchat app they used to share the photos and delete them, Bass took photos of the images as evidence and uploaded them to a secure folder on the school server. Police have accused Bass of interfering with their investigation into the sexting case, though School Resource Officer Jared Barham got the same tip Bass did and did not follow up for several weeks. Bass said on the stand that he believed he’d fully cooperated with Barham and would have provided any information police asked for.  He’s been charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Under state law, possessing explicit images of a minor is akin to child pornography, no matter the person’s intent.  Bass’ lawyers have asked 13th Judicial District Judge
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